Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song (Reprise)	I'm a Song	01:13
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Nelson* Riddle	Barkerville	British Columbia Suite	02:22
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Aarons And Ackley*	Girl I've Been Waiting	You And I	02:36
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Ellen McIlwaine	It's Growing	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:06
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
The Revelaires*	She Wears My Ring	You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring	02:57
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir*	Here Come the Hawks	Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Verkhovyna Our Liitle World	Ukrainian Pops	04:23
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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